# 2019–20 Brooklyn Nets season

The 2019–20 Brooklyn Nets season was the 44th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), 53rd season overall, and its eighth season playing in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Six players from the 2018–19 team, including D'Angelo Russell, became free agents.
Before the season, on September 18, 2019, Joseph Tsai acquired the full ownership of the Nets from Mikhail Prokhorov. On March 7, 2020, Kenny Atkinson resigned as the Nets' head coach and was replaced by Jacque Vaughn on an interim basis.
The season was suspended by league officials following the games of March 11 after it was reported that Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19. On March 17, the Nets announced that four of its players tested positive for COVID-19, including Kevin Durant. On April 1, general manager Sean Marks announced that all four players recovered and were cleared by local health officials. On June 4, the regular season was declared over with the remaining games being cancelled when the NBA Board of Governors approved a plan that would restart the season with 22 teams returning to play on July 31, which was approved by the National Basketball Players Association the next day.
The Nets made the playoffs for a second consecutive season and faced the Toronto Raptors in the first round, where they were swept in four games.

## Draft

2019 NBA draft picks :
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School/club |
| 1 | 17 | Nickeil Alexander-Walker | SG | Canada | Virginia Tech |
| 1 | 27 | Mfiondu Kabengele | C | Canada | Florida State |
| 2 | 31 | Nic Claxton | PF | U.S. Virgin Islands | Georgia |
The Nets entered the draft holding two first round picks and one second round pick. On June 6, the Nets agreed to trade their 17th pick of the draft, a future first round pick and Allen Crabbe to the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for Taurean Prince and a 2021 second round pick, though the trade was not finalized until July 6. The team used their 17th overall pick to draft Nickeil Alexander-Walker, who was sent to the Atlanta Hawks in the Allen Crabbe trade. With the 27th pick, the Nets selected Mfiondu Kabengele, who was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers in exchange to draft rights of Jaylen Hands, and used the 31st pick to draft Nic Claxton.

## Game log
### Preseason

The preseason schedule was announced on July 10, 2019. On September 10, the Nets announced a venue change from Nassau Coliseum to Barclays Center for the October 18 game against the Toronto Raptors.
2019 preseason game log Total: 3–1 (home: 2–1; road: 1–0) :
Preseason: 3–1 (home: 2–1; road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 4
Sesi/Franca
W 137–89
Prince (22)
Dinwiddie (12)
LeVert (9)
Barclays Center 10,110
1–0
2
October 10
@ L.A. Lakers
W 114–111
Dinwiddie (20)
Kurucs (8)
Dinwiddie (7)
Mercedes-Benz Arena 15,992
2–0
3
October 12
L.A. Lakers
W 91–77
LeVert (22)
Jordan (11)
LeVert (5)
Universiade Sports Center 17,396
3–0
4
October 18
Toronto
L 107–123
Irving (19)
Jordan (9)
Dinwiddie, Irving (4)
Barclays Center 12,380
3–1 :
2019–20 preseason schedule :

### Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on August 12, 2019. In June 2020, the Nets released a revised eight-game schedule for the regular season.
2019–20 game log Total: 35–37 (home: 20–16; road: 15–21) :
October: 1–3 (home: 1–2; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 23
Minnesota
L 126–127 (OT)
Irving (50)
Prince (11)
Irving (7)
Barclays Center 17,732
0–1
2
October 25
New York
W 113–109
Irving (26)
Allen, Jordan (11)
Dinwiddie, Irving (5)
Barclays Center 17,732
1–1
3
October 27
@ Memphis
L 133–134 (OT)
Irving (37)
Allen (13)
Dinwiddie (8)
FedExForum 15,517
1–2
4
October 30
Indiana
L 108–118
Irving (28)
Jordan (17)
Dinwiddie (7)
Barclays Center 17,083
1–3 :
November: 9–6 (home: 5–1; road: 4–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
5
November 1
Houston
W 123–116
Prince (27)
Prince (12)
Irving (10)
Barclays Center 17,732
2–3
6
November 2
@ Detroit
L 109–113
Irving, Prince (20)
Irving (11)
Irving (10)
Little Caesars Arena 17,222
2–4
7
November 4
New Orleans
W 135–125
Irving (39)
Prince (11)
Irving (9)
Barclays Center 17,194
3–4
8
November 8
@ Portland
W 119–115
Dinwiddie (34)
Allen, LeVert (9)
Irving (6)
Moda Center 20,089
4–4
9
November 10
@ Phoenix
L 112–138
Dinwiddie (18)
Jordan (12)
Dinwiddie (6)
Talking Stick Resort Arena 17,290
4–5
10
November 12
@ Utah
L 114–119
Irving (27)
Jordan (17)
Irving (5)
Vivint Smart Home Arena 18,306
4–6
11
November 14
@ Denver
L 93–101
Allen, Dinwiddie, Irving (17)
Jordan (11)
Irving (9)
Pepsi Center 18,394
4–7
12
November 16
@ Chicago
W 117–111
Dinwiddie (24)
Allen, Jordan, Musa (7)
Harris (8)
United Center 19,148
5–7
13
November 18
Indiana
L 86–115
Dinwiddie (28)
Allen (12)
Dinwiddie (8)
Barclays Center 14,140
5–8
14
November 20
Charlotte
W 101–91
Allen (22)
Allen (17)
Dinwiddie (8)
Barclays Center 14,011
6–8
15
November 22
Sacramento
W 116–97
Dinwiddie (23)
Jordan (10)
Dinwiddie (7)
Barclays Center 15,619
7–8
16
November 24
@ New York
W 103–101
Dinwiddie (30)
Prince (11)
Prince (5)
Madison Square Garden 18,770
8–8
17
November 25
@ Cleveland
W 108–106
Dinwiddie (23)
Allen (21)
Dinwiddie (9)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 17,143
9–8
18
November 27
@ Boston
L 110–121
Temple (22)
Allen (14)
Dinwiddie (11)
TD Garden 19,156
9–9
19
November 29
Boston
W 112–107
Dinwiddie (32)
Allen, Jordan (11)
Dinwiddie (11)
Barclays Center 17,732
10–9 :
December: 6–7 (home: 3–3; road: 3–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
20
December 1
Miami
L 106–109
Dinwiddie (29)
Allen (12)
Prince, Temple (5)
Barclays Center 17,026
10–10
21
December 4
@ Atlanta
W 130–118
Temple (27)
Allen (13)
Dinwiddie (5)
State Farm Arena 15,694
11–10
22
December 6
@ Charlotte
W 111–104
Harris (22)
Jordan (13)
Dinwiddie (12)
Spectrum Center 15,075
12–10
23
December 8
Denver
W 105–102
Dinwiddie (24)
Allen, Prince (11)
Dinwiddie (8)
Barclays Center 16,679
13–10
24
December 11
Charlotte
L 108–113
Dinwiddie (24)
Jordan (14)
Dinwiddie (6)
Barclays Center 15,631
13–11
25
December 14
@ Toronto
L 102–110
Dinwiddie (24)
Jordan (13)
Dinwiddie (8)
Scotiabank Arena 19,800
13–12
26
December 15
Philadelphia
W 109–89
Dinwiddie (24)
Jordan (11)
Dinwiddie (6)
Barclays Center 17,732
14–12
27
December 17
@ New Orleans
W 108–101 (OT)
Dinwiddie (31)
Allen (14)
Dinwiddie (7)
Smoothie King Center 15,177
15–12
28
December 19
@ San Antonio
L 105–118
Dinwiddie (41)
Allen (13)
Allen (6)
AT&T Center 18,354
15–13
29
December 21
Atlanta
W 122–112
Dinwiddie (39)
Jordan (20)
Dinwiddie, Jordan (6)
Barclays Center 16,496
16–13
30
December 26
New York
L 82–94
Dinwiddie (25)
Temple (9)
Dinwiddie, Pinson (3)
Barclays Center 17,732
16–14
31
December 28
@ Houston
L 98–108
Dinwiddie (17)
Jordan (12)
Dinwiddie (11)
Toyota Center 18,306
16–15
32
December 30
@ Minnesota
L 115–122 (OT)
Dinwiddie (36)
Prince (14)
Dinwiddie (8)
Target Center 15,824
16–16 :
January: 5–10 (home: 4–6; road: 1–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
33
January 2
@ Dallas
L 111–123
Dinwiddie (19)
Jordan (10)
Dinwiddie, Harris (5)
American Airlines Center 20,289
16–17
34
January 4
Toronto
L 102–121
Dinwiddie (23)
Jordan (8)
Dinwiddie (7)
Barclays Center 17,732
16–18
35
January 6
@ Orlando
L 89–101
Dinwiddie, Harris (16)
Chandler (9)
Temple (4)
Amway Center 15,008
16–19
36
January 7
Oklahoma City
L 103–111 (OT)
Prince (21)
Jordan (10)
Dinwiddie (6)
Barclays Center 15,677
16–20
37
January 10
Miami
W 117–113
Dinwiddie (26)
Allen (11)
Dinwiddie (14)
Barclays Center 16,011
17–20
38
January 12
Atlanta
W 108–86
Irving (21)
Allen (12)
Dinwiddie (8)
Barclays Center 15,201
18–20
39
January 14
Utah
L 107–118
Irving (32)
Jordan (14)
Irving (11)
Barclays Center 15,381
18–21
40
January 15
@ Philadelphia
L 106–117
Dinwiddie (26)
Allen (10)
Dinwiddie (8)
Wells Fargo Center 20,416
18–22
41
January 18
Milwaukee
L 97–117
Irving (17)
Allen (10)
Irving (6)
Barclays Center 17,732
18–23
42
January 20
Philadelphia
L 111–117
Dinwiddie (22)
Allen (13)
Dinwiddie (7)
Barclays Center 16,801
18–24
43
January 23
L.A. Lakers
L 113–128
Irving (20)
Allen (8)
Dinwiddie (13)
Barclays Center 17,732
18–25
44
January 25
@ Detroit
W 121–111 (OT)
Irving (45)
Allen (15)
Irving (7)
Little Caesars Arena 15,890
19–25
45
January 26
@ New York
L 97–110
Dinwiddie (23)
Allen, Claxton (5)
Dinwiddie (5)
Madison Square Garden 17,831
19–26
46
January 29
Detroit
W 125–115
Dinwiddie (28)
Jordan (8)
Dinwiddie (6)
Barclays Center 14,275
20–26
47
January 31
Chicago
W 133–118
Irving (54)
Jordan, Prince (8)
Dinwiddie (7)
Barclays Center 17,732
21–26 :
February: 5–7 (home: 3–1; road: 2–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
48
February 1
@ Washington
L 107–113
Dinwiddie (26)
Allen (15)
Dinwiddie (6)
Capital One Arena 18,196
21–27
49
February 3
Phoenix
W 119–97
LeVert (29)
Jordan (9)
LeVert (7)
Barclays Center 14,891
22–27
50
February 5
Golden State
W 129–88
LeVert (23)
Allen (13)
LeVert (8)
Barclays Center 14,352
23–27
51
February 8
@ Toronto
L 118–119
LeVert (37)
Jordan (14)
Dinwiddie (11)
Scotiabank Arena 19,800
23–28
52
February 10
@ Indiana
W 106–105
Dinwiddie (21)
Jordan (19)
Dinwiddie (11)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 16,761
24–28
53
February 12
Toronto
W 101–91
LeVert (20)
Allen (13)
Dinwiddie (9)
Barclays Center 15,823
25–28
54
February 20
@ Philadelphia
L 104–112 (OT)
LeVert (25)
Jordan (15)
Dinwiddie (8)
Wells Fargo Center 20,806
25–29
55
February 22
@ Charlotte
W 115–86
Luwawu-Cabarrot (21)
Allen, Temple (11)
Dinwiddie (9)
Spectrum Center 19,079
26–29
56
February 24
Orlando
L 113–115
Dinwiddie (24)
Allen (11)
Dinwiddie, LeVert (8)
Barclays Center 16,162
26–30
57
February 26
@ Washington
L 106–110
LeVert (34)
Jordan (16)
LeVert (7)
Capital One Arena 15,021
26–31
58
February 28
@ Atlanta
L 118–141
Dinwiddie (24)
Allen (9)
Dinwiddie (13)
State Farm Arena 17,034
26–32
59
February 29
@ Miami
L 113–116
Dinwiddie (25)
Allen (11)
Dinwiddie (12)
American Airlines Arena 19,600
26–33 :
March: 4–1 (home: 2–1; road: 2–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
60
March 3
@ Boston
W 129–120 (OT)
LeVert (51)
Jordan (15)
LeVert (5)
TD Garden 19,156
27–33
61
March 4
Memphis
L 79–118
Prince (15)
Allen (9)
LeVert (6)
Barclays Center 16,941
27–34
62
March 6
San Antonio
W 139–120
LeVert (27)
LeVert (11)
LeVert (10)
Barclays Center 16,277
28–34
63
March 8
Chicago
W 110–107
Dinwiddie (24)
Jordan (15)
Dinwiddie (6)
Barclays Center 15,916
29–34
64
March 10
@ L.A. Lakers
W 104–102
Dinwiddie (23)
Jordan (12)
Dinwiddie (7)
Staples Center 18,997
30–34 :
Seeding games: 5–3 (home: 2–2; road: 3–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
65
July 31
Orlando
L 118–128
Luwawu-Cabarrot (24)
Kurucs (6)
LeVert (7)
HP Field House No in-person attendance
30–35
66
August 2
Washington
W 118–110
LeVert (34)
Allen (15)
Chiozza (6)
HP Field House No in-person attendance
31–35
67
August 4
@ Milwaukee
W 119–116
Luwawu-Cabarrot (26)
Hall (9)
Chiozza (10)
Visa Athletic Center No in-person attendance
32–35
68
August 5
@ Boston
L 115–149
Martin (20)
Allen (8)
Allen, Martin (4)
The Arena No in-person attendance
32–36
69
August 7
Sacramento
W 119–106
LeVert (22)
Allen (11)
Allen (8)
The Arena No in-person attendance
33–36
70
August 9
@ L.A. Clippers
W 129–120
LeVert (27)
Allen (16)
LeVert (13)
The Arena No in-person attendance
34–36
71
August 11
@ Orlando
W 108–96
Luwawu-Cabarrot, Martin (24)
Hall, Kurucs (9)
Martin, Musa (6)
The Arena No in-person attendance
35–36
72
August 13
Portland
L 133–134
LeVert (37)
Allen (11)
LeVert (9)
The Arena No in-person attendance
35–37 :
Cancelled games
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
65
March 12
@ Golden State
Chase Center
66
March 13
@ L.A. Clippers
Staples Center
67
March 15
@ Sacramento
Golden 1 Center
68
March 18
Washington
Barclays Center
69
March 21
Boston
Barclays Center
70
March 23
Orlando
Barclays Center
71
March 25
L.A. Clippers
Barclays Center
72
March 27
@ Orlando
Amway Center
73
March 28
Cleveland
Barclays Center
74
March 30
Portland
Barclays Center
75
April 1
Detroit
Barclays Center
76
April 3
@ Indiana
Bankers Life Fieldhouse
77
April 5
Dallas
Barclays Center
78
April 7
@ Oklahoma City
Chesapeake Energy Arena
79
April 9
@ Milwaukee
Fiserv Forum
80
April 11
@ Chicago
United Center
81
April 13
@ Cleveland
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
82
April 15
Milwaukee
Barclays Center :
2019–20 season schedule :

### Playoffs

2020 playoff game log Total: 0–4 (home: 0–2; road: 0–2) :
First round: 0–4 (home: 0–2; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
August 17
@ Toronto
L 110–134
Luwawu-Cabarrot (26)
Allen (12)
LeVert (15)
AdventHealth Arena No in-person attendance
0–1
2
August 19
@ Toronto
L 99–104
Temple (21)
Allen, Harris (15)
LeVert (11)
HP Field House No in-person attendance
0–2
3
August 21
Toronto
L 92–117
Johnson (23)
Allen (17)
LeVert (6)
HP Field House No in-person attendance
0–3
4
August 23
Toronto
L 122–150
LeVert (35)
Allen (15)
Chiozza, LeVert (6)
HP Field House No in-person attendance
0–4 :
2020 playoff schedule :

## Player statistics
### Regular season statistics

As of August 13, 2020
Brooklyn Nets statistics :
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Jarrett Allen | 70 | 64 | 26.5 | .649 | .000 | .633 | 9.6 | 1.6 | .6 | 1.3 | 11.1 |
| Justin Anderson | 10 | 1 | 10.7 | .263 | .207 | .500 | 2.1 | .8 | .0 | .6 | 2.8 |
| Wilson Chandler | 35 | 3 | 21.0 | .404 | .306 | .870 | 4.1 | 1.1 | .5 | .3 | 5.9 |
| Chris Chiozza | 18 | 2 | 15.4 | .425 | .357 | 1.000 | 2.1 | 3.1 | .6 | .1 | 6.4 |
| Nic Claxton | 15 | 0 | 12.5 | .563 | .143 | .524 | 2.9 | 1.1 | .1 | .5 | 4.4 |
| Jamal Crawford | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | .500 | .500 | — | .0 | 3.0 | .0 | .0 | 5.0 |
| Spencer Dinwiddie | 64 | 49 | 31.2 | .415 | .308 | .778 | 3.5 | 6.8 | .6 | .3 | 20.6 |
| Henry Ellenson | 5 | 0 | 3.0 | .143 | .000 | — | 1.2 | .2 | .0 | .0 | .4 |
| Donta Hall | 5 | 0 | 17.0 | .778 | — | .417 | 4.6 | .4 | .4 | 1.0 | 6.6 |
| Joe Harris | 69 | 69 | 30.8 | .486 | .424 | .719 | 4.3 | 2.1 | .6 | .2 | 14.5 |
| Kyrie Irving | 20 | 20 | 32.9 | .478 | .394 | .922 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 1.4 | .5 | 27.4 |
| Tyler Johnson | 8 | 4 | 24.3 | .405 | .389 | 1.000 | 3.0 | 3.0 | .5 | .1 | 12.0 |
| DeAndre Jordan | 56 | 6 | 22.0 | .666 | — | .680 | 10.0 | 1.9 | .3 | .9 | 8.3 |
| Rodions Kurucs | 47 | 9 | 14.6 | .446 | .367 | .632 | 2.9 | 1.1 | .5 | .1 | 4.6 |
| Caris LeVert | 45 | 31 | 29.6 | .425 | .364 | .711 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 1.2 | .2 | 18.7 |
| Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot | 47 | 2 | 18.1 | .435 | .388 | .852 | 2.7 | .6 | .4 | .1 | 7.8 |
| Jeremiah Martin | 9 | 0 | 11.0 | .453 | .278 | .786 | 1.1 | 2.0 | .8 | .2 | 7.1 |
| Džanan Musa | 40 | 0 | 12.2 | .372 | .244 | .750 | 2.2 | 1.1 | .4 | .0 | 4.8 |
| David Nwaba | 20 | 0 | 13.4 | .521 | .429 | .667 | 2.3 | .4 | .6 | .6 | 5.2 |
| Theo Pinson | 33 | 0 | 11.1 | .290 | .188 | .938 | 1.6 | 1.7 | .5 | .1 | 3.6 |
| Taurean Prince | 64 | 61 | 29.0 | .376 | .339 | .798 | 6.0 | 1.8 | .9 | .4 | 12.1 |
| Iman Shumpert | 13 | 0 | 18.5 | .328 | .242 | .571 | 2.6 | .9 | .9 | .2 | 4.2 |
| Garrett Temple | 62 | 35 | 27.9 | .378 | .329 | .805 | 3.5 | 2.5 | .8 | .5 | 10.3 |
| Lance Thomas | 7 | 4 | 14.0 | .308 | .400 | 1.000 | 1.9 | .9 | .0 | .0 | 3.4 |

### Playoff statistics

As of August 23, 2020
Brooklyn Nets statistics :
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Jarrett Allen | 4 | 4 | 33.0 | .583 | — | .813 | 14.8 | 2.3 | .5 | 1.8 | 10.3 |
| Justin Anderson | 3 | 0 | 9.3 | .417 | .455 | 1.000 | 2.7 | 1.0 | .0 | .3 | 6.3 |
| Chris Chiozza | 4 | 0 | 16.3 | .333 | .313 | .500 | 1.5 | 4.3 | 1.3 | .0 | 5.8 |
| Donta Hall | 3 | 0 | 6.7 | .600 | — | .250 | 1.7 | .0 | .0 | .7 | 2.3 |
| Joe Harris | 2 | 2 | 36.0 | .522 | .583 | .500 | 10.0 | 1.0 | .5 | .0 | 16.5 |
| Tyler Johnson | 4 | 2 | 23.3 | .457 | .393 | 1.000 | 1.8 | 2.3 | .0 | .3 | 13.8 |
| Rodions Kurucs | 4 | 1 | 14.5 | .550 | .000 | .000 | 3.3 | .8 | .3 | .5 | 5.5 |
| Caris LeVert | 4 | 4 | 35.0 | .370 | .429 | .720 | 6.0 | 9.5 | 1.3 | .3 | 20.3 |
| Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot | 4 | 3 | 32.8 | .339 | .333 | .917 | 3.8 | 1.5 | .8 | .0 | 16.0 |
| Jeremiah Martin | 3 | 0 | 9.0 | .286 | .600 | 1.000 | 1.0 | 1.3 | .0 | .3 | 4.0 |
| Džanan Musa | 3 | 0 | 13.0 | .182 | .000 | .714 | 1.0 | 1.3 | .0 | .3 | 4.7 |
| Garrett Temple | 4 | 4 | 34.3 | .347 | .250 | .833 | 2.8 | 2.0 | .8 | .3 | 12.0 |
| Lance Thomas | 3 | 0 | 5.7 | .200 | .000 | .500 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .3 | 1.3 |

## Transactions
### Trades

| June 20, 2019 | To Brooklyn NetsDraft rights to Jaylen Hands 2020 first round pick | To Los Angeles ClippersDraft rights to Mfiondu Kabengele |
| July 6, 2019 | To Brooklyn NetsTaurean Prince 2021 second round pick | To Atlanta HawksAllen Crabbe Draft rights to Nickeil Alexander-Walker 2020 protected first round pick |
| July 6, 2019 | To Brooklyn NetsDraft rights to Nemanja Dangubić Draft rights to Aaron White | To San Antonio SpursDeMarre Carroll |
| To Washington WizardsDāvis Bertāns ||
| July 7, 2019 | To Brooklyn NetsKevin Durant 2020 protected first round pick | To Golden State WarriorsTreveon Graham Shabazz Napier D'Angelo Russell |